Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-31

houses for people WEo hfe ID 1nolsna' Illinois and Ohio. This srises from tho fGot that peoc.e crss e.s not infer med Tn the land laws, scd ihIlk that all that ls necessary in taking claims is for the papers 10 be filed by sn agent, and then they con pay out on the lsnd She same ss though the purchase vas from private individuals.
 Any person except soldiers and sol diers heirs must make affidavit that they are acquainted with the land they are entering, and also make affidavit that to .he best of their knowledge there IS no mineral on the same.
 PRESENTATIONS
 Section I76 ssys shsI every person being the head Oi family, widow. or single person over the age of twcn ,y-one and a citizen ot the United States, or having filed declaration of inteniicn 10 become such, ss required by the natural Iration laws. who hes made or htr5afisr makes a SETTLEMENT IS PERSON On the public lands subject % pre-enPtIon, end l who inhsbils and im proves She same and | who has erected 6 dwelling thereon IS Co enter with the regIster of the United States land office for ;he dis | lrict in which the land hes; by legal sub l division say number of acres DOt ex- ceedinr one hundred and sixty aores or | a onarter section of land to include the | residence of such claiu ant upon paying | .he United States minimum price oi such land. No person who IS the Iro- Urje.or of three hundred and tgeu;y | acres can pre-empt land. No person | vi O quits or sbandons his own land to | rsslde on pubic land ID the same sisie | or territory can pre-empt. Persons can | however, take homesteads and timber | claims whether he has tie three hundred | and twenty acres or not; neither does She | law prohibit his taking a homestead | g hen be has lets 0 residence on hls own | land. The Eboye Slly refers to pre- emptiops.
 The first requirement n taking pre- 5mption is 70 seleo: the quarter section | desired. and ascertain from the Land | Office record tha. l. IS vacant and sub isct 10 entry. He must then make some | Not stick up stakes, | but make some substantial improve | uents. and then within ninety dsys file | statement for the land in | he local land office. the fees for which | gre three dollars. 4 residence must be | on the land gsen the improv- aents are first begun, aud C continuous | residence is obligatory.
 After 6 coDtiDous Tesidsnce upon a | for six months settlement | 5an be proven 6nd the govsr.Cent price | being paid, there will be f1B! receipt | ssaed to the pre-cEptor; but ID case | either does not desire Q Eake final proof st the end of six Iaoaths, he hGs thirty three months from the time he | made settlement.
 HOMESTEAD
 Entries must be made in person, ususlly before she Register of the lCcsl Land Office and the entry fees are sixteen dollars. The rcquIE,1neats of the home stead law are about the same Rs those of the pre-emption, except that residence ,ar be established within six nplths Il after nskioR filag; but honesteads are subject Co sontes.s fl se.tlsTB fail tJ get | on the land inside of six months after entry. Homesteads may be proved up .n siz months and paid ont on, the same as pre-emp.iOns, b0. can Do proved cp in TX years VI hoat paying. In making ,nGl proof the settler viil be required b give ths numbsE of times ke or che sIs been abaept from the clam, where vent, and for what they went, and arc suea;ioned regarding the amount of in- they have, if ID the judgment Df she Register and Receiver the law has sot beeu complied with they vill not is- .us B final receipt.
 TIMBER CLAIMS
 Do not require 6 residence. Timber ,lsins must te entered by personal Bp- plication sSotn to within the land dis srlct vhess the land is sitcaiad, before come officer having Geeal and author izsd to administer oaih. Claimant must have five acres broken the frs. year, the second year rausi have five acres broken sEd yulstIvets the first breaking. the third year must put trees, seeds or cuttings in the first five acres and culti- rate the second i've; the fourth year must set ont She second five acres in trees, tree seed. or tree cGliinga. If in eight years tbeTe are six thousand seven hundred and dity growing trees on the iFsc:, claimant c8a make final proof and Iecnre 6 patent Government fees in timber culture claims are fourteen dol lars for entry and Son dollars for final proof.
 All duties required by the timber cul- lure laws may be done by others except Inc entry and final proof; nor is he CT she required 70 reside near the land but vill always be e1pso,ed to comply with ths lsw in regard tO improvements.
 There il nc fixed amount of improve repts required ip homestead or pre- smption law, residence end cultivation In good faith as hogne and q farm to he claimants best ability IS held to be IAe requirement. of the law.
 SOLDIERS HohEsTEADa
 Soldiers who served In the United States srEy for ninety days and were noporably discharged and have lived oval to .he government. can file decIsr- story staten6nt3 on one hundred and sizty acres of vacant land, by an agent through the power of attorney in . form prescribed by law. This power ,sn be executed before 0 notary public anywhere in he United States, and Ieat to some reliable agent who will se- eot the quarter section of land and file ,n 10 for She soldier. IEis fling will hold the land for six months Fithou. the residence of claimant. At he end of SIX months the sO,dIer must begin q residence and make another Hing. called the final entry, st which lime he pays fee the same Bs m home IleSd cases. Soldiers are compelled to i've at lee5t one year on their claims, Jut they csu deduct their service as a ,,Ilssr fr,vra Aha fiua raoufrol bv l